Presenting MetaMorph Toolkit for Blender and Unity

ashess, basically the Metamorph package has two sets of scripts - the python script for creating the DiffMaps and the shapekey animation file (as a .txt) in Blender and the two scripts for Unity - Metamorph.js and a Play script of some kind.

Once you have generated the DiffMaps and the txt file successfully, you are essentially finished with Blender. You could manually create a .fbx file for you mesh that want to use (method I use) with Metamorph or you could hand the .blend file over to Unity and let it do the import (method you use). As far as I know there should be no difference between versions 2.60 - 2.62. All you are doing is importing the mesh - the animation comes from the scripts you use in Unity, the DiffMaps and the animation .txt files.

My experience is that there is a bug in the PlayMoon DEMO .js script which is why I suggested you use my script. If you go to line 262 263 of the PlayMoon DEMO.js you will find :

link = test_MetaMorph_Link(MetaMorphScriptObject);
link.GetComponent(MetaMorph).mm_Animate_Play( Morph_Name, Morph_Level );

REM both those lines out - they are not used by the script as far as I can tell - but are there to apply a shape key permanently to a mesh.

The script I use called humanshapekeys. js has that fixed.

By the way what version of Unity are you using ?

cheers, gryff

 

The parker script works in blender 2.62.

Some things about errors I encountered while trying to get it to work, that haven't really been explained in here:

Code (csharp):

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2. Invalid file path
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The problem is that in browser for the folder in blender, you entered a file name. Do not do this. It should be empty. The file name is the name in the settings for the exporter.

Code (csharp):

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2. line 185, in generate_diffmap_from_shape vcol.data[i[0]].color1 = color
3. IndexError: bpy_prop_collection[index]: index *somvalue, out of range, size 0
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Apparently the script fails if the shapekeys have drivers. You have to remove the drivers in order for this to go away.

 

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Any ideas on how to get this wave animation nicely into Unity? It looks way ugly and I've no clue on what else to
try.